by Daniel Erenberg
The new Marvel ongoing series, Dark Avengers, wisely plays off of the fascinating results of their big 2008 event series, Secret Invasion. Norman Osborn, the former Green Goblin, has wrested control of S.H.I.E.L.D., the world peace-keeping task force, away from Tony Stark, disbanded the whole thing and set up a new organization, which he calls H.A.M.M.E.R. (in this issue, he sets a colleague with the task of what the acronym will actually mean). In getting this honor from the President, Osborn also takes official control of the government-sponsored super-team, the Avengers. The only former Avengers that agree to stick around are the schizophrenic basket case, The Sentry, and Ares, the God of War. Osborn fills the rest of the team with such shady characters as Venom, Bullseye and Moonstone, fresh from the murderous Thunderbolts squad, Marvel Boy, plucked from a prison for super-powered individuals, and Wolverine’s insane son, Daken.
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January 26, 2009 at 7:55pm
